AHSGR American Historical Society of Germans From Russia German Origins Project Legend: BV=a German village near the Black Sea . FN= German family name. FSL= First Settlers’ List. GL= a locality in the Germanies. GS= one of the German states. ML= Marriage List. RN= the name of a researcher who has verified one or more German origins. UC= unconfirmed. VV= a German Volga village. A word in bold indicates there is another entry regarding that word or phrase. Click on the bold word or phrase to go to that other entry. Red text calls attention to information for which verification is completed or well underway. Push the back button on your browser to return to the Germanic Origins Project home page. Ke-Khz last updated Jan 2015 KeberleFN: see Keberlein. KeberleinFN{Adam}: said by the Pfeiffer FSL #87 to be fromUC Arnstein. Later spelled Keberle (Mai1798:Pf34). KeberleinFN{Dorothea}: said by the Pfeiffer FSL #86 to be fromUC Arnstein. Later spelled Keberle (Mai1798:Pf34). Kuhlberg gives the state as Wuerzburg. KeberleinFN{Andreas}: said by the Pfeiffer FSL #66 to be fromUC Wuerzburg no locality indicated. Later spelled Keberle (Mai1798:Pf70). Keberlein: also see Roeberlein. Kebring?, Brandendorf: an unidentified place said by the Galka FSL to be homeUC to an Arni/Arne family. KechterFN: said by the Walter FSL to be fromUC Waltenbuch, Wittenberg Duchy. KeckFN: settled, no date given, in Gueldendorf, Odessa; family records found by Curt Renz in Dillstein, Weissenstein parish, Baden. Curt says this place is now called Dillweissenstein. Stumpp p.599 says the Keck family that went to Gueldendorf was from Guendelhof, Calw, Wuerttemberg. KeckFN: also see Kek. Kecklingen?GL, Kurpfalz: said by the Brabander FSL to be homeUC to two Muellecker familes: {Peter}and {Johannes}, with an Op orphan in the Johannes household. This probably was Kicklingen, Kurpfalz, some 18 miles NW of Augsburg city. KicklingenGL: see Kecklingen. KeddinggenGL: see Goettingen. KefenrodGL: see Keffenrod. Kefertal(?)FN, Kurpfalz: is an unidentified locality, said by the Rothammel FSL to be homeUC to a Roschauer family. This might be Kupferzell, Baden-Wuerttemberg which is some 22 miles ENE of Heilbronn. KeffenachGL, Sulz [Amt], Weissenburg [Oberamt], Elsass: was 2 miles N of Sulz town and said by the Bergdorf 1816 census to be home to the Kauz/Kautz family -- this origin was verified by the GCRA. Proved by the GCRA to be home to frau Martel (nee Dietz) of Kassel. See the GCRA book for more. KeffenrothGL, [Isenburg-Birstein]: now Kefenrod, Hessen, some 5 miles NE of Buedingen, and said by the Buedingen ML to be homeUC to a Kayser{J.Peter} man who married a Weinberger woman in 1766; by 1767 this couple was in Norka #191; Stumpp said Kefenrod was near Buedingen (Mai&Marquardt#604). Keffingen: an unidentified place said to be homeUC to Guenter{Eliesabetha} who married Fohr{J.Hermann} on 19 June 1766 in Buedingen (Mai&Marquardt#703). KefuescherFN: see Kesisch. Kegele{Christoph+w+4c}: Kulberg26 said they were fromUC Wuerttemberg. Not found in T or in any published FSL. KeglerFN: said by the Orlovskaya FSL to be a step-son living with the Geidereich family which would indicate that frau Geidereich was previously frau Kegler. Kegler?FN: also see Flegler. KehdeFN: said by the Norka FSL to be fromUC Hessen (no locality mentioned). KehlFN: said by the Hildmann FSL to be fromUC Steinheim, with his Fuhr wife in the household. Spelled Kiel in 1798 (Mai1798:Hd9, 15, 16). KehlFN: said by the Warenburg FSL to be fromUC Anterlot?, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]. For 1798 see Mai1798:Wr63. KehlFN: also see Klein. KehlFN: see Wagner of Katharinenstadt and Wien. Kehl FN: also see Keil. KehlmannFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Koenigsberg. KehmFN: the 1798 Norka census gives this as the maiden name of the wife of an Isenburger Hartung (Mai1798:Nr78). KehmFN: also see Gette and Kaehm. KehrenbachGL, Hesse: is some 12 miles SSE of Kassel city. Keib/KeipFN{Conrad}: arrived in Russia 4 July 1766 with wife {Anna}, 2 children, and a 50 yr-old sister- in-law {Anna}, said to be from Fulda (Kulberg1768). Not found in Kulberg. By20 June 1767 he with his Resch wife and 2 children had settled at Hildmann FSL #18, he said to be fromUC Salmuenster, [Fulda Bishopric]. Spelled Keip in 1798 (Mai1798:Hd01). Keib/Keis/Keip/Reip{Jacob/Jacob Sr.}: a Lutheran farmer from Zahmen, Riedesel married Schaaf{Gertrauth} in Buedingen 10 May 1766; another source has him as Reip, and her as {Gertraudth} (Mai&Marquardt#628). KS138 says Zahmen was near Lauterbach and her as {Gertraud} and says Altenschlirf was near Lauterbach; KS153 has {Gertraut}. On 15 Sept 1766 Keib{Jacob & Gertruda} arrived in Russia said to be from Riedesel (Kulberg6338). Later in 1766 Keip{Jacob Sr.} in Oranienbaum took transport for the Volga (T3169). Found in no FSL. In 1798 {Jacob Sr.} was in Hussenbach with Kniess{Elisabeth}, a son and a daughter and some grandchildren (Mai1798:Hs73). Keib/Keit{Jacob}: a single Lutheran farmer from Riedesel arrived in Russia 15 Sept 1766 (Kulberg6339). Not found in T or in any published FSL. In 1798 he evidently was in Hussenbach listed as Keit{Jacob Jr.} with wife Obermueller{Katharina}, 3 children by her and 1 by his first wife (Mai1798:5). KeiblerFN: see Kifler?. KeierFN: said by the Norka FSL to be the orphaned daughter of Johannes Keier living in the Mertz? household. I could not find her in Mai1798. KeiferFN: said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be fromUC Eisenheim, Wuerzburg. KeiferFN: said by the Kraft FSL to be fromUC Meila(?). Keifer{J.Michael}: Lutheran, fromUC either Baden-Durlach Margraviate or Wuerttemberg, arrived at Schleswig city, Schleswig Royal Duchy in June 1761. With wife {Magdalena} and son he last reregistered in Denmark in January 1765, later immigrating to Riebensdorf colony in Woroesch (EEE pp.472-473). Keiger{Eva}: Lutheran, fromUC Baden-Durlach Margraviate arrived at Flensburg, Schleswig Royal Duchy in July 1761. In May 1765 with wife {Eva} and 3 sons he requested permission to leave Denmark (EEE p.498). On 6 June 1765 she and her Lauer spouse {Eva} had a daughter baptized in Luebeck (Mai&Marquardt#1343). Later they were found listed in the church books of Neu-Saratowka colony near St. Petersburg (EEE p.498). Keihm/KeimFN said by the Kautz FSL to be fromUC Hamm-amt-Alzey, Kurpfalz. KeilFN{J.Peter}: of Reformed faith, fromUC Burchenau (Baren(?)-bei-Hehnsted-an-die-Bergstrasse, arrived at Viborg, Juetland Royal Province in Oct 1759. With wife {Charlotta} (Lutheran) and 2 sons he last reregistered in Denmark in April 1763 (EEE p.470). By March 1765 they had settled in Anton FSL #28 which said he was fromUC Heppenheim Oberamt, Kurmainz. Volz says this family has Hessen origins. For 1798 see Mai1798:An2, 6, Lw29, 23. KeilFN: said by the Belowescher Kolonien FSL to be fromUC Oschatz. KeilFN: said by the Boregard FSL to be fromUC Haldorf. KeilFN: said by the Dietel FSL to be fromUC Dordecken(?), Kurpfalz. For 1790 see Mai1798:Mv397. KeilFN: listed (#3) in the 1816 Kassel census and in KS:326 as coming fromUC Rot, Heidelberg [Amt}, Baden. See the GCRA book for more. KeilFN: said by the Leichtling FSL to be fromUC Alzey (no locality mentioned). KeilFN: said by the Mueller FSL to be fromUC Babenhausen, Darmstadt. KeilFN: said by the Phillipsfeld FSL to be fromUC Frielingen, [Hessen-Kassel Landgraviate]. The maiden name of frau Keil was given as Karez? in 1798 (Mai1798:Pp14). KeilFN{Katharina/Catharina}: fromUC Buedingen she married in Buedingen 14 April 1766 Appel{J.Caspar} (Mai&Marquardt#529). He arrived in Russia 8 Aug 1766 with wife {Catharina}, he said to be fromUC Dienheim (Kulberg3252). As of 22 June 1767 the Stahl-am- Karaman FSL #48 recorded his then wife as Pfeifer{Katharina}. So are these two wives the same woman or not? My guess is, not. KeilFN: said by the Straub FSL to be fromUC Brandau, [Hessen-]Darmstadt [Landgraviate]. For 1798 see Mai1798:Sr30,9 and 15. KeilFN: said by the Susannental FSL to be fromUC Kemel, [Katzenelnbogen County, Hessen-Kassel Landgr.]. Spelled Kehl in 1767 (T4344-46). I could not locate them or any descendants in Mai1798. Keil{J.Georg & J.Eckard}: stepsons, born in 1751 and 1755 respectively, who left Wettsaasen near Alsfeld with their step-father Ruehl{Dietrich} (KS138 & 144). Found in no other available source. Keil FN: see Kiehl. Keile?FN: said by the Neidermonjou FSL to be a step-son in the Schroeder{Johann} household. KeilerFN: listed in the Seelmann FSL but no origin was given. Kuhlberg said they were from the Fulda [Bishopric]. KeilerFN: also see Keller. KeilmannFN{Johann,Conrad}: said by the Boaro FSL to be fromUC Iba. In 1798 these two families were in Meinhard colony (Mai1798: Mn01, 18). KeimFN: said mistakenly by the 1816 Glueckstal census (KS:671, 326) to be fromUC Feldstetten, Muensingen [Amt], Wuerttemberg. Using FHL(1,569,074-5 and 1,469,082), the GCRA proved origin in Reutlingen, Reutlingen Amt, Wuerttemberg. See the GCRA book for more details. KeimFN: said by the 1816 Kassel census (#5, KS:685) to be from Feldstetten, Muensingen [Amt}, Wuerttemberg. Using FHL#1,190,246, the GCRA proved this origin. KS:326 mistakenly said this man went to Glueckstal. See the GCRA book for more. KeimFN: said by the Messer 1798 census to be the maiden name of frau Willmann (Mai1798:Ms65). KeimFN: also see Heim{Martin}. KeimFN: also see Kaehm and Keihm. Keinberg(?)GL, Sachsen: an unidentified place said by the Katharinenstadt FSL to be homeUC to a Knoll family. This might be Kemberg, Sachsen-Anhalt, some 6 miles S of Wittenberg city.